johnnythefirst 1,076 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 it is still fashionable to hit at Lukaku .. I just ignore them now. I am sure he will continue to improveI think he was responding to the Costa burn. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,075 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Bad control per game:Lukaku: 1.8Aguero: 1.9Kane: 1.9Austin: 2.0Sanchez: 2.2Sterling: 2.2Berahino: 2.3Costa: 2.3Perception is everything?Interesting. I've never seen this stat before but I wonder how they assess it. Presumably they take 'opinion' out of it and make no attempt to judge how easy or how difficult it was to control the pass the player received; a poor touch just goes down as a poor touch regardless. I can see that this would be the only 'fair' way to do it.If that's so then, like the pass completion statistic, I'm not sure this one really tells us enough of the story. Playing the ball into the receiver's path so he can collect it at full speed and break into space is a pass completion, but so too is playing the ball slightly behind the receiver, without pace so he is pressurised and has to play it back to the centre-half. In fact it's two. Like a lot of people, I'm not a big believer in stats and I'll take some persuading that this particular one means much, if anything, at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddysHobby 60 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Interesting. I've never seen this stat before but I wonder how they assess it. Presumably they take 'opinion' out of it and make no attempt to judge how easy or how difficult it was to control the pass the player received; a poor touch just goes down as a poor touch regardless. I can see that this would be the only 'fair' way to do it.If that's so then, like the pass completion statistic, I'm not sure this one really tells us enough of the story. Playing the ball into the receiver's path so he can collect it at full speed and break into space is a pass completion, but so too is playing the ball slightly behind the receiver, without pace so he is pressurised and has to play it back to the centre-half. In fact it's two. Like a lot of people, I'm not a big believer in stats and I'll take some persuading that this particular one means much, if anything, at all.This article is a decent read ... stats, like perception, aren't everything either ... still it was a nice surprise that Lukaku comes off well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself 793 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Lukaku really is a younger and less prolific Costa i,e awful on the ball most of the time and offer very little else outside of goals.u wot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Lukaku really is a younger and less prolific Costa i,e awful on the ball most of the time and offer very little else outside of goals.Someone actually believes this. iseah100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamad138 190 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Why did he chose everton instead of wolfsburg... Dumb decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Raiola is Ibrahimovic's and Pogba's agent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaddysHobby 60 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Raiola is Ibrahimovic's and Pogba's agent...He was looking into a transfer to Juve ... now he's claiming that they can't afford Lukaku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamad138 190 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Lukaku wanted to join wolfsburg, he agreed with them but chelsea wanted 40million €.Now Rumours are , this year he wants to join wolfsburg at all cost, he even changed his agents to make this transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnythefirst 1,076 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 That guy seems like kind of an asshole. iseah100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamad138 190 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 According to Greg O’Keeffe Everton Journalist he and his agent are forcing a transfer to wolfsburg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnythefirst 1,076 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 According to Greg O’Keeffe Everton Journalist he and his agent are forcing a transfer to wolfsburg.That seems more realistic to me than the bullshit about Juventus. Probably just made that statement to get more money off them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 He has all the attributes to be top class but he’s just not consistent enough.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3085535/Romelu-Lukaku-gear-prove-worth-Everton-look-unearthed-gem-Brendan-Galloway.htmlThanks for stating the obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCM4PR3Z 411 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3085535/Romelu-Lukaku-gear-prove-worth-Everton-look-unearthed-gem-Brendan-Galloway.htmlThanks for stating the obvious Yeah, I always wonder when I see him play, why he is that bad in air duels while he is that big. That is a very strange part of his game. But luckily we have Benteke for the national team, the best air duel player worldwide. And Fellaini is also one of the very best at it, but I wouldn't use him in my starting team. Vermaelen is also one of the very best in air duels, but is injured all the time. We have some good players with the head . RoyalBlues 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weckerz 3,781 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3085535/Romelu-Lukaku-gear-prove-worth-Everton-look-unearthed-gem-Brendan-Galloway.htmlThanks for stating the obvious Yet he has 20 goals and 9 assists this season in a shit Everton side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacquiao 1,834 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 This guy is a complete fool! he was on SSN saying how he wants to play in the CL and how you have to have ambition as a player, this is the same guy who left Chelsea for Everton because he didnt want to compete for a place in the team with Torres and Eto'o!!! bouletje 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouletje 82 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 This guy is a complete fool! he was on SSN saying how he wants to play in the CL and how you have to have ambition as a player, this is the same guy who left Chelsea for Everton because he didnt want to compete for a place in the team with Torres and Eto'o!!! had it with his mentality, atm the belgian press is hearing him out, dude's been claiming he's becoming a complete striker and could play anywhere.Sorry pal your finishing is excellent, but everything else is still a disaster. Pacquiao 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Lukaku's yesterday's news afaic. Anyone who's been following Origi at Lille - how's he come along? It was embarrassing to watch Lukaku get upstaged by Origi at the WC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Lukaku's yesterday's news afaic. Anyone who's been following Origi at Lille - how's he come along? It was embarrassing to watch Lukaku get upstaged by Origi at the WC.I read somewhere that Origi has been terrible at Lilli this season.EDIT: Just remembered he made the "worst team of the season" in Ligue 1: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3096191/Liverpool-forward-Divock-Origi-voted-Ligue-1-worst-team-season-disastrous-campaign-Lille.html LDN Blue and Madmax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Thankfully, Belgium still have Benteke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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